Vermont Packinghouse in North Springfield has permanently banned a delivery driver from its facility and put new, more stringent safeguards in place after a June incident in which pigs suspected to be ...
Re “Pork prices could soar on animal protection law: Court ruling leads to more humane but costly pens” (Page A1, May 28): Larry Katz, the owner of a butcher and wholesaler, complains that increased ...
Farmers can now use their phones to identify and mitigate heat stress in pigs. HotHog, a smartphone application developed by USDA's Agricultural Research Service and a team of university scientists, ...
Most people support the humane treatment of animals. They are horrified at examples of animal cruelty. If they saw the cruelty inflicted on pregnant sows confined to cages where they can’t even stand ...